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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Stoner serve on in regards to Charles Walker's oral examination?
(a) His dean.
(b) His examining committee.
(c) His teacher.
(d) His advisor.

2. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
(a) Curiosity and indifference.
(b) Fierce loyalty and avoidance.
(c) Indifference and protest.
(d) Avoidance and protest.

3. Where does Stoner project himself to when he has his first out-of-body experience?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) The universe.
(c) In the sky.
(d) To a dark place.

4. How late is Stoner for his appointment with Katherine to discuss her paper?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) An hour.

5. Whose schedule is made so that Stoner never sees them in Chapter XI?
(a) Finch's.
(b) Grace's.
(c) Lomax's.
(d) Katherine's.

6. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?
(a) Meeting with a student.
(b) Grading papers.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

7. Who does the person who questions Stoner about his conduct against Walker agree with after hearing his argument?
(a) The dean.
(b) Charles Walker.
(c) Hollis Lomax.
(d) Stoner.

8. Who cautions Stoner about his affair with Katherine because he could lose his job?
(a) Frye.
(b) Masters.
(c) Lomax.
(d) Finch.

9. How does Lomax say that Stoner has treated Walker after he refuses to pass him?
(a) Insane.
(b) Logical.
(c) Prejudicial and unfair.
(d) Fair.

10. What does Stoner say when Finch asks him if he wants to be the new director of the English department?
(a) He doesn't want the job.
(b) He accepts.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He asks for time to think.

11. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?
(a) The chancellor.
(b) Gordon Finch.
(c) The president of the university.
(d) The dean.

12. What does Stoner come down with in Chapter XIV?
(a) Mono.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Severe flu.

13. What does Stoner find unfavorable at work after Lomax takes over the English department?
(a) His teaching schedule.
(b) He loses his office.
(c) He only has one class.
(d) He has less seminars.

14. How many seminars are students required to take to finish a doctorate at Stoner's university?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. How does Stoner initially react to Walker's oral examination?
(a) Intrigued.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Blown away.
(d) Unimpressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author note a change in at the beginning of Chapter VIII?

2. What does Katherine wish for Stoner to do for her when she visits him in Chapter XII?

3. How does Katherine react after Stoner tells her he could lose his job by being with her?

4. Who helps Walker throughout his oral examination?

5. How does Stoner find Katherine when he goes to visit her after hearing she was sick?

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